Andrez,

I hope you were joking when you wrote, "Dont let the US religious right cotton onto the fact that supernatural references can be found in folk music or they'll declare it satanic and have it banned before Bush leaves office!"

The U.S. government has never banned any song as Satanic.

The Religious Right is not seeking to change that. Members of the Religious Right are quite aware of the supernatural element in folk music. At least one member has posted several messages on the topic to this very thread.

Whatever the reasons may be that supernatural elements have been dropped from some folk songs, you may be sure that coercion by the U.S. government is not among them.

Kent